2013 Raingutter Regatta
Last night was our pack's raingutter regatta. When we arrived, there was a bit of a panic because they couldn't find the rain gutters that they've always used in the past, and what is a raingutter regatta without any rain gutters? Anyway, they found something that would work instead (the light covers to the outdoor pavilion we were meeting in) and the meeting began.
By tradition in this pack, the boys make the boats at the pack meeting out of simple materials - a Styrofoam base with a wooden dowel mast and a cardstock sail. They were simple, but they worked. The boys lined up at one end of the gutters, blew their boats to the end, then ran around to get back in line to race again. Steven served as assistant cubmaster, telling them when to start. ("Ready, Set, Blow!") Each of the boys made a boat and raced it, while Hannah staked out the dessert table, and helped take pictures. I watched and took a few pictures myself. Here are some of the pictures we took:
By tradition in this pack, the boys make the boats at the pack meeting out of simple materials - a Styrofoam base with a wooden dowel mast and a cardstock sail. They were simple, but they worked. The boys lined up at one end of the gutters, blew their boats to the end, then ran around to get back in line to race again. Steven served as assistant cubmaster, telling them when to start. ("Ready, Set, Blow!") Each of the boys made a boat and raced it, while Hannah staked out the dessert table, and helped take pictures. I watched and took a few pictures myself. Here are some of the pictures we took:
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| The boys get their sails and put their boats together. They decorated their sails with markers. |
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